„Hit Iran now. Hit them hard,“ Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said in a statement.
Congressional lawmakers are demanding President Joe Biden strike Iran after three U.S. troops were killed Sunday night in Jordan in a drone strike claimed by the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, an Iranian-backed militia group.
The deadly drone attack, which also injured at least 34 U.S. personnel, marks the first deaths of U.S. troops by enemy fire since the Israel-Hamas war began after Palestinian militant group Hamas‘ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. Iran has not commented on the attack, while Jordan’s government denied it took place on its soil.
„I am calling on the Biden Administration to strike targets of significance inside Iran, not only as reprisal for the killing of our forces, but as deterrence against future aggression,“ Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said in a statement.
„The only thing the Iranian regime understands is force. Until they pay a price with their infrastructure and their personnel, the attacks on U.S. troops will continue,“ he added. „Hit Iran now. Hit them hard.“
Roger Wicker, the most senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said: „We must respond to these repeated attacks by Iran and its proxies by striking directly against Iranian targets and its leadership … The Biden administration’s responses thus far have only invited more attacks.“
Biden for his part vowed to retaliate, saying in a statement that „we will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner our choosing.
